"It's cold and snow is actually on the ground. Of this no snow town. And instead of cars, the streets trafficking in sleds. Men become boys again. And there's a war on the corner with no guaranteed winner. It's just a snowfall of snowballs. Evidence of the winter."

"Hooray" by Minus the Bear

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"I've got more faith in humanity, this is really great," said my friend Jess as we walked through the historic horseshoe on the USC campus as the falling snow called students from their cozy dorm rooms. Snowball fights exploded at the center of campus with charging forces meeting another in the middle. It reminded me of Braveheart. "How do they pick sides?" Whatever the case, the few inches of snow that fell last night in Columbia, SC had some people really loving life and it was wonderful to see.

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Most of this beverage did not survive the trip down Barnwell St. on University Hill.

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